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cardboarding

cardboarding noun: the flat appearance of objects in a scene in the absence of proper depth perception.

Noun

cardboarding (uncountable)

  1. The flat appearance of objects in a scene in the absence of proper depth perception.
    • Cardboarding may occur on near-by objects, and its appearance is very unpleasant.1953, Raymond Spottiswoode, Nigel Spottiswoode, The Theory Of Stereoscopic Transmission & its application to the motion picture, Berkeley; Los Angeles; London, England: University of California...

Origin of cardboarding

From cardboard + -ing, suggesting flat cardboard cut-outs.

Questions about cardboarding

What does cardboarding mean?
Cardboarding means the flat appearance of objects in a scene in the absence of proper depth perception.
What part of speech is cardboarding?
Cardboarding is a noun.

Words near cardboarding in the dictionary

  1. cardboard cutouts
  2. cardboard-box
  3. cardboard-boxes
  4. cardboard-boxy
  5. cardboarded
  6. cardboarding
  7. cardboards
  8. cardboardy
  9. cardbox
  10. cardboxed
  11. cardboxes

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